I have an older HP ENVY laptop with 4 external USB ports. I have a monitor, keyboard and mouse attached plus a Bluetooth radio leaving only 1 USB port. I want to use the remaining port to attach an external USB hub. I want to use that remaining port to attach an external SSD and an external HDD plus have space for phone, thumb drives etc when needed. I have a Sabrent powered hub with 12 ports, but the SSD, the HDD, the iPhone, and unknown others, will not run when connected to the hub.
Is there an external USB hub that will do what I want to do? I considered Bluetooth for the keyboard and mouse but all those I've found require a USB port for each; so there is no advantage over using cabled keyboard and mouse. I would like to use USB 3.1 for increased throughput but that is not critical '
Related, but different, is the fact that I can't get the HDD external drive to work even when plugged into one of the 4 USB ports on the laptop. The SSD does work but the HDD does not. I've tried re-seating the WD 3TB drive in the enclosure, different USB ports, different USB cables, and rebooting with it connected --- all without fixing the problem. Windows Disk Management does not display the HDD but the SSD does display. Yes, I did have the power on on the enclosure. I don't have another computer to test the HDD setup with.
The reason that I want to attach an external HDD is to house an XAMPP and Wordpress development environment to keep from using up space on the internal 1TB HDD.
Am I expecting too much? Is it not possible to attach an HDD externally with USB?
Is there an external USB hub that will do what I want to do? I considered Bluetooth for the keyboard and mouse but all those I've found require a USB port for each; so there is no advantage over using cabled keyboard and mouse. I would like to use USB 3.1 for increased throughput but that is not critical '
Related, but different, is the fact that I can't get the HDD external drive to work even when plugged into one of the 4 USB ports on the laptop. The SSD does work but the HDD does not. I've tried re-seating the WD 3TB drive in the enclosure, different USB ports, different USB cables, and rebooting with it connected --- all without fixing the problem. Windows Disk Management does not display the HDD but the SSD does display. Yes, I did have the power on on the enclosure. I don't have another computer to test the HDD setup with.
The reason that I want to attach an external HDD is to house an XAMPP and Wordpress development environment to keep from using up space on the internal 1TB HDD.
Am I expecting too much? Is it not possible to attach an HDD externally with USB?
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